Bottle and sanitary closure therefor



Mam}! 1931- w. cs. STONEMAN BOTTLE AND SANITARY CLOSURE THEREFOR FiledApril 19, 1929 .N m. 35W 0 T J 4 G A M M L m Patented Mar. 3, 1931 ersandclosures therefor and especially. to

WILLIAM G. STONEMAN, F COLUMBUS, OHIO BOTTLE AND SANITARY CLOSURETHEREFOR Application filed April 19, 1929. Serial No. 356,530;

This invention relates generally to containmilk bottles and sanitaryclosures therefor.

Milk is peculiarly subject to contamina tion by dirt, and germs carriedby dirt. It is therefore of great importance in the inter-' est ofpublic health that every measure possible be taken to preclude access ofgerms or dirt to milk. Much dirt is likely to gain access to milkthrough the handling of the bottle by the milk man, and servants andwaiters who are not careful to keep their hands clean, or who have nofacilities for keeping them clean; One object of my invention is toprovide a bottle of peculiar form at the neck so that it may be wrappedor covered with a paper jacket or sleeve, such jacket being held inplace by the stopper or cap and said cap or stopper being removable bythe act of removing the jacket. Other objects will appear from thedisclosure herein.

The invention is embodied in the example herein shown and described thefeatures of novelty being finally claimed.

the paper invention, ken out to depict the lip of the In theaccompanying drawing Figure 1 is aside view of the bottle with jacketapplied according to my a portion of the jacket being brobottle. Fig. 2isa similar view showing the bottle as it appears when closed with thecap.

. the bottle as shown in Fig. 2

shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view of Fig. 4 is a top plan VIBWOf the bottle as Fig. 5 is a side view of the paper jacket. Fig. 6 is aplan view of the cap. In the views'10 designates the body of the bottleit having an elongated neck 11 that at its exterior is provided with abead or stop 12. The neck at its exterior is preferably cylindricalupward from the bead a little more than halfway to the lip and beyondsaid cylindrical portion slightly tapered.

lightly below the lip of the bottle at the interior is the usual seat 13for the paper cap.

ably of paper 14 designates the jacket that is prefer of the varietyknown as butter archment; but said jacket can be of any exible materialsuitable for the purpose.

bottle from the access of dirt and germs.

tion the fingers ofspersons need never touch adapted to seat in the seat13 as hereinafter described.

In practice when the bottle is filled the neck is wet and when thejacketis slid down on the neck to abut at its lower end against the head 12thereby .leaving, as shown, a small portion thereof rejecting above thelip. When thejacket is rstput on it becomes wet by the wetness of theneck but subsequently shrinks quitetight on the neck upon drying. Saidprojection of the jacket is tucked inward, as shown at 14" all around,the cap 15 applied being shoved down to the seat I 13 on the tuckedportion where it seals the When the milk of the bottle is to be used thepaper sleeve is, preferably as the more sanitary method, pulled upwardofi the neck thereby taking with it the cap; put-the cap may be firstremoved with a pointed instrument or by means of a tab on it and themilkpoured out either with or without the removal of the jacket thereon. i

It will be observed thatflwith this inventhe bottle at points near thedisthat'anydirt or germs collecting and cap are removed when the areremoved.

the parts can be changed any part of charge, and on the jacket cap andjacket The forms of without departing from the gist of the inven;

tion as claimed.

What I claim is:

I 1. In combination with a container having a recessed cap seat, aclosure and neckprotecting means for said container consisting of aflexible sleeve fitting on the neck of the container and projecting atits upper marginv over said seat, and a distinct cap seated in 'ng saidupper margin,

said seat and engagi substantially as described.

2. In combination with a container having a recessed cap seat, a closureand neck protecting means or said container including. a

flexible sleeve having a portion thereof tucked and projecting overtheclosure seat, and a distinct cap for the container engaging said seatand tucked portion.

3. In combination a container having a neck and a recessed lip formin aclosure seat, a flexible sleeve for the neck 0 the container, saidsleeve having a portion thereof tucked over the closure seat, and adistinct closure fitting on said seat and on said tucked-over portion ofthe sleeve and retaining said sleeve on said neck, said} closure adaptedto be 'removed from its seat by the removal of said sleeve.

WILLIAM G. STONEMAN.

